HERD TESTING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 152, 26 April 1940, Page 7

HERD TESTING

Newspaper Standards. The high standard maintained by the newspaper press in New Zealand was the subject of a complimentary reference by Mr D. R. Grenfell, visiting British Labour M.P., at a mayoral reception held in his honour at the Auckland Town Hall. "I am glad to see you have a free press in this country," said Mr Grenfell. "It is interesting to see both sides of a question presented, and, speaking as one privileged to be here during the past three weeks, I was pleased to see that you have a press that presents its material fairly." Mr Grenfell, referring to some recent happenings, said he found -t good to be able to open his paper and read both sides. To him that seemed a great thing to have. He was farther impressed by the clean and healthy nature of the material oublished in the New Zealand pap-i ers.

The Bay of Plenly and East Coast Herd Improvement Association (Inc) supplies the. following averages for the period ending April 1, 1939-40:— Group Cows Milk Test Fat Katikati X. 1214 5(5(5 5.3 30 Katikati S. 1292 508 5.3 27 Tauranga 953 485 5.0 24 Tauranga A 1117 544 5.0 27 Te Puke 2493 586 4.9 29 Ohincpanca 2082 542 5.3 29 Thornton. 1435 554 4.9 27 Otakiri 828 597 4.9 29 Edgecumbe 1850 590 5.1 30 Awakrei 2340 514 5.5 28 Whakatanc 953 555 5.5 31 Waimana ancl Nukuhou 1813 530 5.1 28 Opotiki West 1054, 493 5.5 30 , Opotiki East 1393 540 5.5 30 Galatea 301 536 5.2 26 Gisborne 475 461 5.6 20 Manutuke 557 411 5.5 22 Patulahi 599 458 5.3 24 Tc Ivaraka 682 413 5.6 23 Waiapu 587 484 5.3 26 Wairoa 710 431 5.6 24 Tolaga Bay 845 468 5.4 25 Assn. Aver. 26203 528 5.2 28 Highest Herd 1-20 Tauranga A 15 568 R.l 35 Te Puke 20 414 5.7 24 Awakeri 13 718 6.1 44 Opotiki West 10 102 6.1 25 Gisborne 4 720 6.2 15 Manutuke 18 477 5.2 25 Patutahi 14 540 5.8 32' Waiapu 20 440 5.6 25 Highest Herd 21-50 Katikati North 44 680 5.5 38 Katikati South 23 659 5.2 34 Tauranga 34 631 4.8 31 Tauranga A 21 543 5.6 30 Te Puke 21 686 6.4 44 Ohinepanea 31 585 5.3 31 Thornton 31 692 5.1 35 Otakiri 39 590 5.0 30 Edgecumbe 37 639 5.0 32 Awakeri 34 491 5.3 20 Whakatane 47 685 6.0 41 Waimana and Nukuhou 47 615 5.6 34 Opotiki West 32 558 6.1 34 Opotiki East 42 664 5.6* 37 Galatea 48 561 5.2 29 Gisborne 24 598 6.2 37 Manutuke 46 524 5.8 30 Patutahi 42 614 5.2 32 Te Karaka 42 704 5.2 37 Waiapu 24 616 5.7 35, Wairoa 21 589 5.7 39 Tolaga Bay 41 524 5.3 28 Highest Herd 51-100 Katikati South 57 736 5.7 42 Katikati South 60 591 5.7 34 Tapranga 80 618 5.1 32 Tauranga A 55 685 5.6 38 Te Puke 66 694 6.0 4f Ohinepanea 77 690 4.7 33 Thornton 56 584 5.7 33 Otakiri 100 602 5.4 33 Edgecumbe 76 650 5.7 37 Awakeri 83 611 5.7 35 Whakatane 86 550 5.8 32 Waimana and Nukuhou 60 712 5.4 38 Opotiki West 58 549 6.0 33 Opotiki East 88 571 5.7 33 Galatea 54 582 5.0 30 Gisborne 53 560 5.3 30 Manutuke 94 532 5.3 29 Patutahi 68 544 5.3 29 Te Karaka 72 438 5.4 24 Waiapu 59 600 5.5 33 Wairoa 84 406 6.3 26 Tolaga Bay 51 662 5.4 35 Highest Herd 101 and Over Katikati North 120 522 5.1 27 Katikati South 112 399 6.1 24 Tauranga 107 603 4.4 27 Tauranga A 112 616 5.2 32 Te Puke 103 830 3.8 32j Ohinepanea 108 667 5.2 35 Thornton 107 665 4.9 32 Otakiri 119 901 3.9 35 Edgecumbe 108 691 5.1 36 Awakeri 141 55<* 5.9 33 Whakatane 122 646 5.7 37 Waimana and Nukuhou 113 629 5.3 33 Opotiki West 112 514 6.3 32' Opotiki East 127 507 5.9 30 Manutuke 102 373 5.4 20 Wairoa 104 349 6.0 21 Tolaga Bay 112 451 5.3 24